English edit

Etymology edit

smoking +‎ -ly

Pronunciation edit

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Adverb edit

smokingly (comparative more smokingly, superlative most smokingly)

  1. So as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.
    • June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
      [] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample smokingly []
  2. (slang) In a sexually attractive manner.
    • 2011, Amy Montana, Dancing Through Midnight:
      He was short, dark, and smokingly sexy and sported a full beard (very rare in high school).